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These are the strangest names of cities in each state?

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 13:00 BFH Uncategorized 65

I don’t think so.

ht/ mary from marin

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  4. In the Soviet State of Washington, the town of “Auburn” started out being called “Slaughter.”

    (It’s okay to fantasize about Liberals going there to be mixed with the cattle and pigs…)

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  10. It’s not a town, but there is a roadside historic marker for the place where Lewis and Clark were pinned down for several days due to torrential rains. It was their last campsite before they saw the Pacific. Dismal Nitch.

    It inspired an embroidered pillow for Geoff C. “We may never have Paris, but we will always have Dismal Nitch.”

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  24. How could I forget! Duckwater, NV. lol!

    @Steve Brown. I will check that out. We drive through there on the way to Utah a couple of times a year.
    The only place I’ve been in Mesquite is Macaroni Grill or someplace like that.

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  29. …not sure if it’s deliberate, but there’s a Peewee Valley KY, and if you go down on I-65 from there, you’ll end up in Brownsville, KY, but I’m sure it’s just a coincidence…

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pewee+Valley,+Kentucky/Brownsville,+Kentucky+42210/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x88699962d45d8b35:0x14e1e5701a643cad!1m2!1m1!1s0x8866007e1294cf43:0x70e1eb33a4c3700!3e0?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtuIXt5v7mAhWWXc0KHdULB0AQox0wAHoECAsQEg

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  39. My mother and sister were born not far from Big Stone Gap, VA. And my bro-in-law lives near Grass Lake, MI. Up the road a bit from me is Zolfo Springs, FL, and a bit farther is Kissimee.

    These names aren’t really humorous, simply odd.

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  41. Meddybemps, Misery Gore, Caratunk, Eggamoggin, Molunkus, and Mattawaumkeg, all towns in Maine, but the best location is Cowshit Corner on Rt 194 in north Newcastle, Me.

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  49. Here in MI, we have both Hell and Paradise.
    Colon and Flushing
    Dick, located about an hour north of the bridge.
    Since we have Dick we apparently needed Climax.
    And Lord help us, we even have Gay, MI.

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  54. Outside the US, for the best foreign name: Dildo, NF, Canada.

    North of Calgary, there used to be a town called Dog Pound. They must have changed the name because it is not on any current maps. Or, maybe the dogs all escaped.

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  55. @Truckbuddy: Virginians pronounce different than we spell so we can spot the Yankees quickly. They ask for directions and we know by the way the way they pronounce the town, ‘yah not from heah, are yah?’

    They also don’t know which way the Shenandoah Valley runs… They say they’re going ‘up the valley’ when they’re heading north. We know that’s downhill, so we call it ‘down the valley’ when they’re heading to Winchester.

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  57. Alaskan odd ball names
    Lime Village, Livengood, King Salmon, Elfin Cove, Funny River, Coldfoot , Red Devil, Meyers Chuck, New Igloo, New Knockhock, Mary’s Igloo

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  59. I drive through boring Oregon 2 or 3 times a week. kind of a small town but there was a drama school there. Yeah, it probably is boring.
    I always thought weed Oregon name was the weirdest one in Oregon.

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